Garment hangers and mounts therefor



Sept. 15, 1959 G. A. PINKH GARMENT HANGERS AND MOUNTS THEREFOR Filed Jan. 6, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 m I I l9 7 :4: /3 /6 /9 I? 14 Geoaigez/lflwam by v2 meg Sept. 15, 1959 s. A. PINKHAM 2,904,234

GARMENT HANGERS AND MOUNTS THEREFOR Filed Jan. 6, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 nite The present invention relates to garment hangers, holders for use therewith, and to combinations thereof.

Garment hangers of the type having a coat supporting portion provided with a hook and a transverse portion over which skirts and trousers can be draped are widely used. Objections to them, particularly on the part of those engaged in delivering carefully pressed clothes, stem from the fact that garments supported on the cross portion frequently become detached in transit and have to be repressed and sometimes again cleaned.

One of the principal objectives of the present invention is to provide a garment hanger whose transverse holder is adapted to resiliently grip a margin of a garment and a mount which is adapted to maintain the transverse holder open to receive freely the margin of a garment and then to enable the transverse holder to be detached to grip the interposed margin.

Another important objective of the invention is to provide a garment holder adapted to grip the margins of a garment and for use by itself or in conjunction with other garment hangers and a mount for use therewith.

These objectives are attained by providing a transverse holder of a hanger of the type above referred to, consisting of a pair of resilient arms joined together at spaced areas in a manner ensuring an efiectively tight grip on that part of a garment that is disposed therebetween. A mount, for use with a garment hanger having that feature, has two wedges arranged to be entered between the resilient arms to force them apart as another part is held by suitable retaining means.

In use, the mount enables the hanger to be quickly and easily positioned to enable a margin of a garment to be readily entered between the margin gripping arms of its transverse holder and to be securely clamped simply by removing the hanger from its mount thus to enable these parts to resiliently engage the interposed garment.

In the accompanying drawings, there are shown illustrative embodiments of the invention from which these and other of its objectives, novel features, and advantages will be readily apparent.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a hanger in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the indicated lines 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a mount with a hanger mounted thereon,

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken along the indicated lines 4-4 and 55, respectively, of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a hanger illustrating a detachable, transverse holder in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 7 is a view of the holder of Fig. 6 attached to a mount, and

Fig. 8 is a section, on an increased scale, taken approximately along the indicated lines 88 of Fig. 7.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1-5, the garment hanger has a coat supporting portion '7 2,904,234 Patented Sept. 15, 1959 10 including a centrally located hook 11. The transverse supporting portion or holder, generally indicated at 12, includes an arm 13 which, with the portion 10, establishes a conventional type of hanger formed from a length of resilient wire stock. In accordance with the invention, the transverse holder 12 includes a second arm 14 anchored as at 15 to the arm 13 adjacent one end thereof and detachably caught to the other end thereof by the transversely disposed hook 16.

The arms 13 and 14 are adapted to resiliently grip a garment 17, and in order that the garment 17 may be locked in place without unhooking the arm 14 (as usually would be done in the home) there is provided a mount 18.

The mount 18 has a pair of wedges 19 disposed and arranged to be entered between the arms 13 and 14 and to force them apart to enable the selected margin of the garment to be entered therebetween. The mount also carries a stud 20 over which the central part of the portion 10 may be caught to hold the holder in garment receiving position. After a garment is entered between the resilient arms 13 and 14, the hanger is detached from the stud and withdrawn from the wedges so that the garment becomes firmly caught.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a transverse garment holder, generally indicated at 21 adapted for use by itself or to be attached to another garment hanger such as that illustrated by Figs. l-S. The garment holder 21 has a pair of transverse supporting arms 22 and 23 of which the arm 22 includes ends 24 preferably inclined upwardly towards each other and terminating in hooks 25. The hooks 25 are disposed and arranged to engage the arm 13 adjacent the ends of the arm 14. One end of the arm 23 is joined as at 26 to the arm 22 and its other end is formed with a transversely disposed hook 27 for releasable locking engagement with the arm 22.

While the garment holder 21 is shown as attached to the arm 13 of the transverse support 12, it will be appreciated that a like holder may be attached to it, or several like holders may be attached to any transverse support.

It will be appreciated that the garment holder 21 may be opened to permit a margin of a garment to be entered therebetween. With reference to Figs. 7 and 8, it will be noted that there is a mount 28 having wedges 29, similar to the wedges 19 of the support 18, adapted to enter between and hold apart the arms 22 and 23 when the hooks 25 are caught over suitable retaining pins 30. When the hooks are disengaged from the pins 30, the arms 21 and 22 then close resiliently together tightly gripping the introduced garment margin. While the garment holders 21 are adapted to be quickly and easily attached to or removed from supports therefor, they adjust themselves thereto making it possible for a number of separate garments to be arranged, transported, and stored together.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a garment hanger including a transverse holder provided with first and second resilient arms joined together at spaced intervals in side by side relationship for frictionally gripping the margin of a garment; and a mount including a pair of spaced wedges to be entered between said arms to force them apart to enable said margin to be introduced therebetween and means to be engaged by and to hold said hanger when said arms have been wedged apart.

2. In combination, a garment hanger including a coat supporting portion provided with a centrally located hook and a transverse holder including first and second resilient arms joined together at spaced intervals in side by side relationship for frictionally gripping the margin of a garment; and a mount including a pair of spaced wedges to be entered between said arms to force them apart to enable said margin to be introduced therebetween and a stud disposed to be engaged by and to hold said coat supporting portion when said arms have been wedged apart.

3. In combination, a garment hanger including a transverse holder-provided with first and second resilient arms joined-together at spaced intervals in side by side relationship for frictionally gripping the margin of a garment, one of said arms including at its ends upwardly disposed attaching means; and a mount including a pair of spaced Wedges to be entered between said arms to force them apart to enable said margin to be introduced therebetween and parts disposed to be engaged by said means when said arms have been wedged apart.

4. A mount for a garment hanger having a transverse holder having first and second resilient arms joined togeth'er at spaced intervals in side by side relationship for frictionally gripping the interposed margin of a garment with one of said arms having upwardly disposed end hooks, said mounting including a pair of spaced wedges to be entered between said arms to force them apart to enable said margin to be introduced therebetween and means disposed to be engaged by said hooks when said arms have been wedged apart.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,110,387 Gates et al. Sept. 15, 1914 1,399,707 Emerson Dec. 6, 1921 1,792,236 Olson Feb. 10, 1931 

